PENDEKATAN HOLISTIK DAN KONTEKSTUAL DALAM MENGATASI KRISIS KARAKTER DI INDONESIA

Abstract: A Holistic and Contextual Approach to Overcome Character Crisis in
Indonesia. Indonesia has been confronting character crisis structural in nature as it
occurs in all orders of society’s life. Life practice has lost its important values
needed to build people with character. Such values as honesty, self-confidence,
appreciation to diversity, and enthusiasms for learning and working have been
decreasing. Actually, such values play an important role in solving problems that
Indonesia is now facing, such as corruption, continuous-horizontal conflicts,
inferior feelings, and low enthusiasms for learning and working. In relation to this,
education can be a means to build people with character. It can be implemented
with a holistic and contextual approach. Such an approach deals with not only the
cognitive factor but also all potentials belonging to people. Principles of character
education should be socialized and implemented in all levels of society.
Keywords: character education, holistic and contextual approach